Hoof-trimmer.



No. 766,852. PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904 G. W. THOMAS.

HOOP TRIMMER. APPLICATION FILED D2118, 1903.

NO MODEL.

Wifgasses 119809101 I r Y6 i Jilin UNITED STATES Patented. August 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HOOP-TRIMMER.

SPECIFIC-A TION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 766,852, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed December 8, 1903." Serial No. 18 1.331. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WAsnINeroN THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yosemite,-in the county of Casey and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Hoof-Trimmer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to implements em ployed by horseshoers for trimming the hoofs preparatory to the attachment of the shoes, and has for its object to produce a device of this character simple in construction, easilyapplied and operated, and whereby the trimming of the hoofs may be expeditiously and uniformly accomplished; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved im plement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the implement applied. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, enlarged, of the trimming-blade.

The improved implement comprises an outer jaw member having a curved or convex por tion 10, with serrations 11 in the inner or concaved face and with the other end extended into a handle 12, the serrated surface for bearing against the outer surface of the hoof, (indicated at 13,) and an inner jaw member 14, having at one end a lateral extension 15, terminating in an enlargement 16 to form a pad for bearing against the under surface of the hoof, and with the other end extended into a handle 17.

The two jaw members are pivotally united, as at 18, and when thus constructed and united it will be obvious that an implement is produced which may be firmly clamped to the hoof by compressing the handles 12 17, the eoncaved serrated portion 10 11 bearing upon the outer or upper side of the hoof and the extension 15, with its pad portion 16, bearng upon the under side of the hoof forward of the frog and forming a means for support ing the paring-knife, (represented at 19.)

The paring-knife is formed with an elongated aperture 20 in one end and with a handle 21 at the other end, the aperture being adapted to detachably engage the extension 15 between the enlargement 16 and the shank of the jaw 14:, so that the knife is free to swing around the portion 15 as a center and be held from displacement by the enlargement 16, as will be obvious.

The knife member is formed with two cutting edges, and the blade-body is curved outward near the apertured end, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it will cut the cushion of the hoof to a slightly-greater greater depth than at the outer edge or horny portion to cause the shoe to rest more firmly upon this hard horny portion. This is an important feature of the invention and adds materially to the value and effectiveness of the implement.

In using the implement the jaw members are first clamped to the hoof from one side and the paring-knife operated upon the opposite side and the jaw members then reversed and the knife operated upon the side of the hoof from which the clamp has been removed. Thus the whole under surface of the hoof can be quickly and uniformly pared preparatory to the attachment of the shoe.

The implements will preferably be of steel and will be of various sizes to suit different sizes of hoofs and will be found very convenient and useful for the purposes described.

The surface of the knife 19 next the hoof is fiat, as shown in Fig. 3, so that it cuts uniformly and reduces the labor required to operate it.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a hoof-trimmer, an outer jaw member for bearing against the outer surface of the hoof, an inner jaw member pivoted to said outer jaw member and having its inner end turned laterally for bearing against the under side of the hoof, and a paring-knife pivoted to said lateral portion between the hoof and the shank of the inner jaw member, substantially as described.

2. In a hoof-trimmer, an outer jaw member for hearing against the outer surface of the hoof, an inner jaw member pivoted to said outer jaw member and having its inner end turned laterally and enlarged into a pad for bearing upon the under surface of the hoof,

and a paring-knife having an elongated aperture tor detachable engagement with said lat- I eral portion of said inner jaw member between the shank of the jaw and said pad enlargement, substantially as described.

3. In a hoof-trimmer, an outer jaw having a concaved serrated inner surface for bearing against the outer face of the hoof, an inner jaw pivoted to said outer jaw and terminating in a lateral extension for hearing against the inner surface of the hoof, and a paring-knife movably connected to said extension between the hoof and the shank of the inner jaw, substantially as described.

4. In a hoof-trimmer, an outer jaw member for bearing against the outer surface of the hoof, an inner jaw member pivoted to said outer jaw member and having its inner end turned laterally for hearing against the under side of the hoof, and a paring-knife pivoted to said lateral portion between the hoof and the shank of the inner jaw member with the body of the blade curving outwardly away from the hoof, substantially as described.

5; In a hoof-trimmer, an outer jaw having at one end a concaved serrated surface for bearing against the outer side of the hoof, and with the other end extended into a handle, an inner jaw intermediately pivoted to said outer jaw and having at one end a lateral extension for bearing against the under side of the hoof and with the other end extended into a handle, and a paring-knife movably connected to said lateral extension between the hoof and the shank of the inner jaw, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretov aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WASHINGTON THOMAS.

Witnesses:

J. L. TAYLOR, D. BASTIN. 

